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01-14-2008, 10:23 PM

Quote:That is a very good question regarding a possible subspecies of Asian elephants that are much larger than the modern beasts of Asia.

In order to answer that question we will need an Indian scholar to search through India's ancient records to see if there is detailed information on exactly where the beasts were captured and if their size was greater.

John Kistler

I got two books for Christmas - one was War Elephants by a certain Mr Kistler and the other was The Art of War in Ancient India by P C Chakravarti. The latter was originally published in 1941 and appears to draw heavily on Indian literature, so when I get round to reading that I will let you know if there are any clues in there.

I haven't found time to have more than a quick flick through of either yet, but from that I expect both to prove good value for money.

Phil Smile

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Employing war elephants - by Jona Lendering - 08-29-2007, 09:27 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Alexandr K - 08-29-2007, 11:12 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Mitra - 08-29-2007, 12:47 PM

Elephants in war - by D B Campbell - 08-29-2007, 02:35 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by SOCL - 08-29-2007, 05:03 PM

I - by SafeCast - 09-09-2007, 04:57 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Et tu brute - 09-09-2007, 08:25 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 09-10-2007, 09:39 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Sardaukar - 09-13-2007, 08:04 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Duncan Head - 09-13-2007, 08:27 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Sardaukar - 09-13-2007, 09:21 AM

Re: Elephants in war - by philsidnell - 09-13-2007, 10:03 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Nicholas Gaukroger - 09-13-2007, 10:49 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by MeinPanzer - 09-13-2007, 01:54 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 09-13-2007, 03:06 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by D B Campbell - 09-13-2007, 04:04 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Sardaukar - 09-13-2007, 05:51 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-13-2007, 07:21 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Theodosius the Great - 09-14-2007, 02:42 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 09-14-2007, 09:12 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by D B Campbell - 09-14-2007, 09:43 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Nicholas Gaukroger - 09-14-2007, 10:02 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Theodosius the Great - 09-14-2007, 08:10 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-15-2007, 11:48 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by PMBardunias - 09-17-2007, 10:50 PM

war elephants - by kistlerj - 10-11-2007, 08:31 PM

Re: war elephants - by D B Campbell - 10-12-2007, 02:51 PM

elephant battles - by kistlerj - 10-12-2007, 03:57 PM

sidnell confusion on elephants at the Rhone (Hannibal) - by kistlerj - 10-12-2007, 04:07 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Mitra - 10-12-2007, 06:08 PM

thanks - by kistlerj - 10-12-2007, 06:12 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by antiochus - 11-14-2007, 05:03 AM

Re: sidnell confusion on elephants at the Rhone (Hannibal) - by philsidnell - 11-14-2007, 09:42 AM

Re: sidnell confusion on elephants at the Rhone (Hannibal) - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-14-2007, 02:36 PM

book details - by kistlerj - 11-14-2007, 02:47 PM

Re: sidnell confusion on elephants at the Rhone (Hannibal) - by kistlerj - 11-14-2007, 02:50 PM

Re: sidnell confusion on elephants at the Rhone (Hannibal) - by Sean Manning - 11-14-2007, 05:45 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by PMBardunias - 11-14-2007, 07:22 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by kistlerj - 11-14-2007, 07:56 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by antiochus - 11-15-2007, 01:55 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Eleatic Guest - 01-14-2008, 12:42 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by kistlerj - 01-14-2008, 03:09 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by PMBardunias - 01-14-2008, 04:16 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by kistlerj - 01-14-2008, 06:24 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 01-14-2008, 10:23 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by PMBardunias - 01-17-2008, 03:50 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by PMBardunias - 01-17-2008, 08:06 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Eleatic Guest - 02-05-2008, 12:30 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Marcus Julius - 02-05-2008, 12:36 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by PMBardunias - 02-05-2008, 04:32 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Eleatic Guest - 02-07-2008, 01:55 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by MeinPanzer - 02-07-2008, 03:42 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Eleatic Guest - 02-07-2008, 04:40 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Timotheus - 02-07-2008, 05:55 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by PMBardunias - 02-19-2008, 05:42 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by M. Demetrius - 02-19-2008, 11:48 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Eleatic Guest - 03-12-2008, 05:44 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Francois - 12-19-2008, 06:26 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Robert Vermaat - 12-19-2008, 06:56 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by antiochus - 12-31-2008, 09:23 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 12-31-2008, 09:31 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by hoplite14gr - 01-06-2009, 07:00 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by antiochus - 01-08-2009, 02:33 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-08-2009, 06:30 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Robert Vermaat - 01-08-2009, 08:44 PM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 01-09-2009, 07:51 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by antiochus - 01-09-2009, 08:03 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 01-09-2009, 09:01 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Robert Vermaat - 01-09-2009, 09:58 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 01-09-2009, 11:01 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by Robert Vermaat - 01-09-2009, 11:12 AM

Re: Employing war elephants - by philsidnell - 01-09-2009, 11:55 AM

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